Patents by Inventor Michael Pöhner

Michael Pöhner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11367334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a base device (11), in particular a building or part of a building or a vehicle, by means of a mobile terminal (10), wherein the base device (11) has at least one heating device, in particular with a temperature sensor, comprising the steps: determining a current state of the base device (11) by means of the heating device, in particular comprising determining a current temperature at or in the base device (11) by the temperature sensor of the heating device and/or determining an energy supply of the heating device, checking whether the current state is a normal state or an abnormal state and/or whether the current change in state is a normal change in state or an abnormal change in state, and outputting of corresponding information to the mobile terminal (10) and/or by said mobile terminal, at least when an abnormal state and/or an abnormal change in state is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Christian Bäcker, Michael Pöhner, Georg Habbel, Christian Schweyer, Markus Beckers, Andreas Rutsche, Fritz Wegener, Martin Zoske, Michael Schwanecke
  • Publication number: 20200294383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a base device (11), in particular a building or part of a building or a vehicle, by means of a mobile terminal (10), wherein the base device (11) has at least one heating device, in particular with a temperature sensor, comprising the steps: determining a current state of the base device (11) by means of the heating device, in particular comprising determining a current temperature at or in the base device (11) by the temperature sensor of the heating device and/or determining an energy supply of the heating device, checking whether the current state is a normal state or an abnormal state and/or whether the current change in state is a normal change in state or an abnormal change in state, and outputting of corresponding information to the mobile terminal (10) and/or by said mobile terminal, at least when an abnormal state and/or an abnormal change in state is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN BÄCKER, MICHAEL PÖHNER, GEORG HABBEL, CHRISTIAN SCHWEYER, MARKUS BECKERS, ANDREAS RUTSCHE, FRITZ WEGENER, MARTIN ZOSKE, MICHAEL SCHWANECKE
  • Publication number: 20180172268
    Abstract: An evaporator burner arrangement (100) for a mobile heater operated with liquid fuel is described, having: a mixture preparation region (2) for generating a fuel-air-mixture, a fuel evaporation surface (8) arranged in the mixture preparation region (2) for evaporating the liquid fuel, a combustion air supply (B) for supplying combustion air to the mixture preparation region (2), a fuel supply (1) for supplying liquid fuel to the fuel evaporation surface (8), a conversion region (3) being arranged fluidically downstream of the mixture preparation region (2) for converting the fuel-air-mixture in order to release heat, and a heat conductor body (7) extending spaced from a sidewall (25) of the mixture preparation region (2) through the mixture preparation region (2) to the conversion region (3) for feeding-back heat from the conversion region (3) to the mixture preparation region (2) by thermal conductance
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: VOLODYMYR ILCHENKO, Martin ZOSKE, Michael PÖHNER, Vitali DELL, Klaus MÖSL, Stefan SOMMERER, Thomas KERSCHER
  • Patent number: 9989277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device, in particular for mobile use, comprising a combustion chamber for reacting fuel with combustion air in order to release heat, a heat exchanger for transferring at least part of the released heat to a heating medium to be heated, a fuel conveying device for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber, a combustion air fan for supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, a heating medium fan for supplying the heating medium to the heat exchanger, a common drive for the combustion air fan and the heating medium fan, at least one sensor for monitoring the mass flow of the heating medium, and a controller, which controls the fuel conveying device and the common drive. The controller is designed to change the ratio of the amount of the heating medium and the amount of the fuel supplied to the combustion chamber according to the mass flow of the heating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Peter Otto, Christian Bäcker, Michael Pöhner
  • Publication number: 20120251965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device, in particular for mobile use, comprising a combustion chamber for reacting fuel with combustion air in order to release heat, a heat exchanger for transferring at least part of the released heat to a heating medium to be heated, a fuel conveying device for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber, a combustion air fan for supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, a heating medium fan for supplying the heating medium to the heat exchanger, a common drive for the combustion air fan and the heating medium fan, at least one sensor for monitoring the mass flow of the heating medium, and a controller, which controls the fuel conveying device and the common drive. The controller is designed to change the ratio of the amount of the heating medium and the amount of the fuel supplied to the combustion chamber according to the mass flow of the heating medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Peter Otto, Ina Otto, Christian Bäcker, Michael Pöhner
  • Publication number: 20090239184
    Abstract: A burner for a heater, especially for use in motor vehicles, with a burner nozzle (12) for supplying and atomizing of fuel, which has a fuel needle (14) for supplying fuel to the burner (10) and a combustion air supply (16) for supplying combustion air to the burner, and a starting zone (18) in which ignition of the fuel to start the burner takes place. It is provided that, by choosing the inside diameter of the fuel needle (14) the exit speed of the fuel is predetermined such that, during the starting phase of the burner (10), fuel in essentially unatomized form reaches the starting zone (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Pöhner, Friedrich Widemann, Steffen Weber, Jan Steffens
  • Publication number: 20090230204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-powered vehicle heating (10) with a first burner (12). According to the invention, the vehicle heating comprises at least one second burner (14). By means of the above large power ranges can be covered by several burners with comparatively small heating power steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Pöhner, Uwe Strecker, Markus Griner, Andreas Rutsche
  • Publication number: 20060273184
    Abstract: An air heating apparatus (10) for a vehicle, having a burner (20), a heat exchanger (22), a device for monitoring a flame which burns inside the burner (20), and a mechanism (16) for conveying heating air through the heat exchanger (22). In order to be able to inexpensively meet stricter requirements for air heating apparatus regarding low emission of harmful substances, the flame monitoring device is based on a mechanism (18, 28, 30) which has been previously provided in the air heating apparatus (10) and is used for measuring the temperature of heating air that flows through the air heating apparatus (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Michael Pöhner, Martin Brehmer, Andreas Damnitz, Arno Malchow